Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Nov 15: The relationship manager of a private bank has gone missing after allegedly diverting over Rs 2.7 crore belonging to a long-time customer.

Police are trying to trace Nakka Kishore Kumar, a resident of R T Nagar, who reportedly defrauded a customer of Standard Chartered Bank’s M G Road branch between May 12 and November 6.

The fraud came to light after Patricia Prabhu, a customer of the bank since 2014, handed over three cheques — Rs 2 crore, Rs 50 lac and Rs 25 lac — to Kumar for creating fixed deposits. She gave the Rs 2-crore cheque on May 12 and the remaining two on October 31. While collecting the cheques, Kumar obtained Patricia’s signatures on RTGS forms by falsely claiming they were required for FDs.

Instead of depositing

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